Cyprinidae

Rutilus meidingerii

Rutilus meidingeri

Fish Reaching Seventy Centimeters in European Waters

• Temperate
• Regional distribution
• Freshwater fish
• Europe
• Fusiform
• Large
• Temperate fish

Rutilus meidingeri, the pearlfish, is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Leuciscidae, which includes the daces, Eurasian minnows and related fishes. This species is currently thought to be endemic to Austria but it may occur in Slovakia or Hungary.